The more that we work on plugins, the more I have come to appreciate a deeper minimalism. This minimalism isn’t limited to the GUI style. Instead, it is reflected in the foundational design of the plugin itself.

Minimalism is one of the driving principles behind Valhalla plugins. A plugin should have exactly what is needed to do the job. Adding extra stuff complicates the situation. Plugins are tools, and an ideal tool is easy to pick up and use.

I was invited by the Seattle chapter of the Audio Engineering Society to speak about reverbs and reverb design. I threw together some slides: AES2015ReverbPresentation Pretty skeletal deck, but it was (hopefully) more entertaining when presented in person.…

I’ve created a lot of reverb algorithms at this point in time. I’ve released several dozen in plugin form, and have written hundreds more. It turns out that it is a little tricky to come up with names…